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South Daytona church thrift store burglarized

Surveillance cameras captured the man helping himself to cash at the White Chapel Vintage thrift on Segrave Street.

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Updated: 4:47 PM EDT Jul 25, 2017

South Daytona church thrift store burglarized

Surveillance cameras captured the man helping himself to cash at the White Chapel Vintage thrift on Segrave Street.

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Updated: 4:47 PM EDT Jul 25, 2017

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WEBVTT HE MAN SCROUNGING FORCASH.>> POLICE SAY SOMETIME LATEAFTERNOON WHEN THEY CLOSE, THISCHURCH FOR STORE WAS BROKENINTO.BERG ARRIVE THEY PRIED OPEN ABACKDOOR AND BUSTED THE LOCK.>> THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK FROMTHE VERY SAME PEOPLE WILLING TOHELP THEM, IT IS SAD.>> SHE RUNS THE CHURCH FOR STOREAND A SAYS IT HURTS HER HEART TOSEE THE VIDEO.A MAN BROKE INTO THE STORE,ULTIMATELY STOLE A DONATION JARAND AT THE CASH REGISTER.HIS TAKE WAS PROBABLY NO MORETHAN $200, BUT IT IS RAISED TOHELP OTHERS.STILL, HE IS FORGIVEN.>> TO FEEL AS A DESPERATE ANDLOW, WHATEVER IT IS TO MAKE HIMDO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HE NEEDSPRAYER.>> POLICE ARE NOT FEELING ASCHARITABLE.THEY SAY THIS MAN HAS NOBUSINESS TAKING WHAT'S NOT HISAND HAVE NO PROBLEM IDENTIFYINGTHE SUSPECT AND MAKING ANARREST.TH STORE OPERATES ON ASHOESTRING BUDGET AND EVEN $200IS A HIT.>> YOU'RE TAKING MONEY FROM ACHURCH THRIFT SHOP THAT HELPSPEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.I BET IF HE WOULD'VE ASKED FORTHE $50 IN THE REGISTER, THEYPROBABLY WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT TOHIM.

South Daytona church thrift store burglarized

Surveillance cameras captured the man helping himself to cash at the White Chapel Vintage thrift on Segrave Street.

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Updated: 4:47 PM EDT Jul 25, 2017

SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. —

A church thrift store was burglarized in South Daytona over the weekend.

Surveillance cameras captured the man helping himself to cash at the White Chapel Vintage thrift on Segrave Street.

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Police said someone pried open a back door and busted the lock over the store sometime between Saturday afternoon and Monday when it opened.

"The fact that they took from the very same people that would be willing to help them. It's sad," Misty Lewis said.

Lewis runs the church thrift store and said it hurts her heart to see the surveillance video.

A man who broke into the store and rummaged through it ultimately stole a donation jar and the cash register.

The man got away with no more than $200. That money was earned and raised to help those less fortunate.

Police said they are actively working to identify the man and make an arrest.

Investigators said the church store operates on a shoestring budget, and even a couple hundred dollars is a hit.